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Please use this page to submit your manatee sighting.

Have you reported this sighting to the Fish and Wildlife Service?
(If not, we will complete the report for you, when you select "No".)
Your First Name:
Your Last Name:
Phone Number:	(*optional, but helpful should we need to contact you.)
Email Address:
Who made the sighting?
This person's phone number:	(*optional, but helpful should we need to contact them.)
Date of sighting:	(Example: 05/23/07)
Time of sighting: (Enter military time: hhmm.)	Hour: Minute:
Nearest address to the sighting:
Nearest city to the sighting:
County:
State:
Name of waterway manatees were sighted in:
If possible, please provide the following.
Latitude:
Longitude:
Manatee Description: (Approximate length of animals, color, traveling direction, etc.)
Number of Manatees (total):
If possible to determine, please indicate adult or calf. Calves will be quite small (3-4 ft.) compared to adults.
Number of adult:
Number of calf:
Estimate Total Length (feet):
Did you take any pictures?	(if possible, please email them to manatee@disl.org)
Behavior code: (Select one or more, hold the Control key to select more than one)	Description of behavior codes
What was the condition of the manatee(s)?	What is tagged?
Did it/they have the following? (Select one or more)
If tagged, please provide:
Tag number:
Tag color:
Additional tag description:
How did you hear about us:
Please give us any additional information that may be necessary to find the exact area where the manatee was sighted, or understand their behavior:

This study will include aerial and ground surveys of manatees in Mobile Bay and research to determine what manatees eat while in the Bay. The project, funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is a collaboration between Dauphin Island Sea lab and researchers at Wildlife Trust in Florida.

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Last Date Updated: 09/11/07